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A homegrown engineering solution that allows your business to feed excess solar power back to the grid with safety and certainty
eleXsys® technology helps businesses reduce power bills and pay-off solar systems sooner, keeping the power grid stable and kicking goals for the planet. In March 2021, the Age newspaper reported that thousands of Victorian homeowners are being told they won’t be able...
Instant Asset Write-off (IAWO) for Solar Systems extended until June 2022
Government extends temporary Instant Asset Write-off Provisions for Commercial Rooftop Solar Systems for Eligible Businesses On 6 October 2020, the Federal Government extended the temporary instant asset write-off (IAWO) provisions to 30 June 2022. This is an...
Australia’s Largest of Its Kind Grid-Connected Microgrid Launched at IKEA Adelaide
Planet Ark Power is transforming the IKEA retail outlet in Adelaide into an unconstrained, grid-connected commercial microgrid. The IKEA eleXsys® Microgrid was launched in October as the first solar panels were being lifted onto IKEA’s 14,370 sq metre rooftop. The...
Planet Ark Power Delivers a Ray of Sunshine in every Epicurean Product
Planet Ark Power has just completed a 99.6KW rooftop solar installation at Epicurean Products food manufacturing facility on the Sunshine Coast. The system comprises 249 panels to ensure that 28% of EP’s famous fresh dressings and sauces are not just made from...
eleXsys® a Key Link in $450,000 Microgrid Project With Griffith University and Leading Queensland Researchers
Planet Ark Power’s research partners Griffith University, Central Queensland University, and Macquarie University have received $450,000 from the federal government’s Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects to develop secure and reliable microgrids for...
Planet Ark Power’s eleXsys Receives $100,000 from Federal Government’s Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF)
Planet Ark Power is a recipient of the federal government’s Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF). The funding of $100,000 will enable Planet Ark Power to invest in capital equipment to expand production and assembly capabilities at their Queensland manufacturing...